Edinburgh

We are in Edinburgh and was thinking I should make notes of some of the stuff we've done and seen, and then remembered the blog!! We had a nice uneventful flight in and were met at the airport by Wallace and Scott, who have been here for two weeks before us in a home swap situation in Braco.

That first day we tooled around the area some and adjusted to the jet lag. What a beautiful area.

Then the next day off to the races and the Edinburgh Fringe! It's about an hour from Dunblane to Edinburgh via train. And that day we walked . . . a lot. Saw the city, and three shows a Canadian offering, Kafka and Son; the second show, based on a flyer handed to Bette on the street was a charming concert by the Modern Maori Quartet, who brought elements of their heritage to popular songs and some originals with glorious harmonies. The final show of the day was Louacha Land from China, a stunning movement oriented piece that was in Chinese without translation so you weren't distracted.

I guess we were more jet lagged than we knew because I slept ten hours the next day and then back in to Edinburgh for a two shows that blew all our minds: a solo piece called Pike St. and then Krapp's Last Tape with my favorite Beckett actor Barry McGovern. Both were stunners.

More on all this later. We might take today for some sight seeing.